Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1909 — Page 6

The Tenderfoot Famet It wm one of these experimental farmers, who pat green Sv [fc, spectacles on his cow and fed her shaving*. His theory was that it didn’t matter what the cow ate so long as she i ~i' V was fed. The questions of digestion and nourishment had 9| not entered into his calculations. It's only a "tenderfoot" farmer that wmdd try ends' tn experiment with a cow. But many a farmer feeds Me* atV regardless of digestion and nutrition. He might almost as wefl eat ehav* ings for all the good he gets out of his food. The result is that the stomach grows "wealc” the action of the organs of digestion end nutrition are impaired and the man suffers the miseries of dyspepsia and the agoniss of nervousness. To strengthen the stomach, restore the activity of the ar, tana of direction and nutrltloa and brace ap tbe nerves, ■so Dr. Piercers Golden Medical Discovery. ft la an un* falling remedy, and bas tbe confidence of physicians «• ■re// as the praise of tbouaands healed by its mm. In the strictest sense "Golden Medical Discovery" is a temperance medicine. It contains neither intoxicants nor narcotics, and is as free from alcohol as from opium, cocaine end other dangerous drugs. All ingredients printed on its outside wrapper. Don’t let a dealer delude you for his own profit. There is no medicine lor stomach, liver end blood "just as good" as "Golden Medical Discovery.'

Mrs. C. A. Dugan and several other Decatur ladles will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow on the ten o’clock Interurban, where they will meet a crowd of ladles from Auburn and proceed to Robison park, where they will enjoy a delightful day plcnicing. It promises to be the happiest occasion imaginable. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Ack«r gave a family dinner party Sunday at their home on First street, and everybody greatly enjoyed the day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Meyers of Preble, and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Bennett of Union City. ■ * * * The Elks will give another dance, .the event to occur on Wednesday evening, June 23. Commencing the program at 8:45 there will be a pleasant time for all till a late hour. Dont forget the date, June 23. ♦ * ♦ Childrens’ Day exercises were appropriately observed at the Washington church Sunday, and a great program was rendered to the complete satisfaction of all present. The music was exceptionally fine and the address by the pastor was very inspiring. So large was the crowd that a number present found it impossible to get into the church. The Washington church people do things up in great style, and they are noted for their entertaining qualities. * * * Mrs. Fanny Cole entertained a few friends at luncheon Saturday evening for Mrs. Fred D. Bell, who will leave Tuesday for Hillsdale, where they will make their future home. The guests at the luncheon were Mrs. Charles Meyers, Mrs. Frank Bell, Mrs. Ella Bell, Mrs. Fred Bell and Miss Lizzie Peterson. * ♦ ♦ The dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowman at their home west of the city, was enjoyed by a large number of the relatives who were royally entertained by their host and hostess during the day. Those who were present were Mr. and Mrs. A. Bowman and children Charles, Russel, Lloyd, Edith and Viola, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Llmmerman and son Charles, Margaret Moran, Mr. and Mrs. James Zimmerman, Mrs. Sudie Bell, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner and children, Bessie, Pearl and John, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Studabaker of Bluffton, and Dale and Waldo Huffman. * * * Miss Fannie Hite entertained at dinner yesterday. Besides the Misses Madge and Mary Hite those present were Misses Frances Bryson, Midge Smith and Zoa Miller. The afternoon was spent very pleasantly. * * * Vane Weaver entertained pleasantly at dinner yesterday. The guests were Troy Babcock, of Frankfort, and the host’s brother, Guy Boone, of Marion. * * ♦ The wedding of Miss Daisy Lincoln and Mr. Frank Cramer occurred Saturday. The groom is a well known young man. The bride is from Fort Wayne. That they may live a long and happy life is the wish of their friends. • ■ 1 ■ 1 Ira Cutting, son of Ezra Cutting of this city, who has charge of a large hardware store at Rockford, 111., arrived in the city Sunday in a Winton racing automobile and will remain for a short time as the guest of relatives. He was accompanied by Fred Altheon, of Willshire. These gentlemen took the car to the big auto races, where it was to be entered but for several reasons it was not. The Winton car Mr. Cutting had, has a speed capacity of seventy-five miles per hour, has six cylinders and it is certainly a beauty. The car was built especially for racing purposes, and it is constructed well to meet all the requirements. Mr. Cutting is doing well at Rockford. He has charge of a big store and he is making it a great winner. His many Decatur friends were glad to shake hands with him today after his long absence from the city. - o Th® infair given ,In, honor of Dr. II <ill|! 1 II in." —*■'

and'Mrs. J. C. Cowan who were recently married at the home of the groom’s father, Mrs. J. C. Cowan, east of the city, was an event of much pleasure and happiness. The guests came early, and at noon an excellent dinner, the best ever served on such an ocasion, was set before the guests. A large company was present from far and near. Several of the guest friends of the bride, were from New Haven, Bluffton and Monroeville, where as Miss Webster she was well known and popular. Dr. Cowan is located at Dixon, Ohio, and is one of the best doctors in northwestern Ohio. At Chicago where the groom attended college he served at the hospital. Among those who were present were Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dailey and family, Mr. Davis Dailey, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dailey, Mrs. Mary Jones of Wren, Ohio, James Moses of Union township and family, Ed S. Moses and family, Carl Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Frlsinger, Mrs. John Falk and children, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Falk of Bobo, Mrs. Ezra Cowan of Bobo, James Cowan of Rivarre, and Charles Schenck and .family. — 1 —O' ATTENDED COMMENCEMENT Rev. Wise Enjoyed Several days at His Old College at Naperville. Rev. D. 0. Wise spent last week at Naperville, Illinois, where he graduated from college three years ago and he reports that the occasion was a very happy one for him. The Northwestern College located at that place is one of the best in the land. This year there were nineteen graduates and the commencement week, was as it always is a big week In the school’s history. The graduates , Included a class in music, another from the seminary and others from the commercial and academic courses.

HARDEST FIGHT OF THEM ALL Is What the Lawyers Say of the Faylor Case. Another week will be consumed with the Studabaker-Faylor case at Decatur, which is being tried, according to the attorneys in the case. AU of the attorneys returned home Friday night, and they will again be given a chance to rest up over Sunday. It was thought in the fore part of the week that the case would be concluded by the middle of next week, but now it is announced that it will take until nearly Friday night for the case to get to the jury. Although this suit has always been hotly contested by both sides, the fight which is being put up this time is harder than ever before, it is claimed. There are but two more important witnesses to call for the defense, it is claimed, W. H. Eichhorn, who is also one of the attorneys for the defense, and William Dustman. After these two witnesses and a few other minor ones are examined the plaintiffs will then begin their , rebuttal. This will take some time, after which the defense will introduce witnesses for surrebuttai. —Bluffton Banner. o CUPID IN PRACTICE MARCH ♦ r As Result Corporal Carlson ’of Indianapolis, Finds Bride at Dublin. Richmond, Ind., June 20.—A romance of the practice march of the Tenth United States infantry last October came to light at the office of the county clerk Saturday, when a marriage license was issued to Corporal Nels Carlson and Miss Anna M. Letner. Corporal Carlson is attached to the army post at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. Miss Letner resides at Dublin. It was while the Tenth was at Dublin last fall that the soldier boy saw for the first time the young woman who is to become his wife. 0 '■ Blind Uncle Jacob Franz returned again, coming alone fell the way from Portland, Oregon, where he left a week ago today, arriving at Decatur .Sunday morning. |His, nephew Dr. Ernest Franz and Dan Stauffer met him there and brought him home in an automobile. He intends to spend the summer here in Berne.—Berne

| On change of venue from W I county a sensational damage salt was filed here Friday a. m., entitled Frank Drage vs. Beulah E. Harding. It seems that Drage was endeavoring to marry Mrs. Harding’s daughter and the mother opposed the match, and on April third last Is accused of making several ugly statements against Frank, the one whicn seems to have hurt the worst 'being that she accused him in the presence of others of having a very detestable disease. The plaintiff claims that he has been damaged to the extent of $3,000 and asks for judgment to that amount. The complaint is in three paragraphs, each about alike except the language is slightly different. Somers & Kennerk are attorneys for the plaintiff, and the defense is represented by Attorney Homer C. Underwood and Leonard & Thomas. The suit promises to be real interesting when It comes up here. ♦ * ♦ Real estate transfers: John Johnson et al, Johanna Marhehke et al and Louise Gerke to Elisa Horstemeler, tract In Root township, >1,100; Abraham Byrd et al to E. O. Byrd to Abraham Byrd, lot 359, Geneva, >1,000; David Heller, Sr., to Mary Schaupp, lot 3, Beuna Vista, S9OO. ♦ 4 ♦ William Walter Rinear, aged 24, of Findlay, Ohio, and Josephine Bowers, 23, of Kirklapd .township, have been granted a marriage license. * * ♦

The trial of Alonzo Uptegraft, the Briant man charged with the criminal assault of his nleee, Miss Bonnie Owen, last February, and who was shot by the Briant marshal, in an attempt to capture him, will not be heard until next September. It was to have begun at Portland Wednesday of this week, hut Mr. Dailey, principal attorney tor the defense, is busy in the Faylor case here and a motion for continuance was granted the court setting the ease down for September 13th. * ♦ ♦ Attorney Abe Simmons and Reporter Homer Ormsby, of Bluffton, were her Monday night, being Interested in the case of Faylor vs. Studabaker, and assisting In the preparations of the instructions. ♦ ♦ ♦ \. A marriage license was issued to Walter Luginblll, aged 25, a minister from Fort Wayne, and Rachel Hlrschey, 26, of Berne. ♦ ♦ * A license has also been issued to Carl Stoppenhagen, 23, of Preble township, and Smelie Grote, aged 20. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mary Hackman has been appointed guardian for Anselm Hackman and has qualified as such.

At a recent meeting of the Elks lodge of this city, Attorney A. P. Beatty was selected to represent the lodge at the national meeting to be held at Los Angeles, California, next month. He will be the first representative from here to attend a national convention as a delegate. Mr. Beatty has been in poor health for some weeks, and he expects to gain mnch from this trip as he has it planned, will be a delightful one. He leaves here July 6th, going to Chicago, leaving there the same day over the Santa Fee, direct to Los Angeles. After the convention, he will go Oakland, where he will visit his sister, who resides there, then go on to San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, and to Seattle, where he will take in the 'big Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific fair. Returning eastward he will stop at Great Falls, Montana and other places of interest in that section, and will spend several days at YellQWstohe Park. He will be absent until September, and expects by that time to have entirely recovered his broken health, and be ready to take Up his work in court with renewed vigor. That he will enjoy every day of the time goes without saying and we expect to hear some interesting accounts of his trip on his return. —o WORKED HERE MANY YEARS Grant Weisell Visited Here for an Hour or So at Noon Today. R. G. Weisell, who more than twenty years ago, was a printer on the Democrat, and who prior to that time held a job at Ed Phillips office, when he was editor of the Journal, was here Tuesday for an hour or so, enroute home. He is now located at Coming, Adams county, lowa, where he is editor of the Adams County Free Press, Is chairman of the Democratic central committee of his county and congressional district. He has been at Bluffton visiting friends, and was on his way to Chicago at noon, stopping here between trains long enough to look up a few of his old friends. He went to Chicago over the Erie at one o’clock. Mr. Weisell will be rememibered by many of the older boys .around here. o ■ 1 11 • . ;1 return to this office and receive llb-j eral reward.

Tbe death of Mrs. Mary dnepper, wife of Frederick E. Gnepper, occurred at 4 o’clock Tuesday a. m. at her home two miles west of Monroe. Death came as a relief after many months of Intense suffering from cancer and rheumatism, and during much of this time she suffered more than tongue can tell. She was a devoted wife and motherland was surrounded with the comforts of life and with many friends she had everything to live for. She was born January 18, 1843, and was sixty-six years, five months, and four days old. She died at four o’clock this morning and her death was not unexpected as she has been hovering between life and death for the last few days. The fiineral services will be held from the Washington church at half past one o’clock on Thursday, and Interment will take place in the Beery cemetery. Rev. E. L. Jones her former pastor at Monroe, but now located at Ossian, will preach the funeral sermon and have charge of the services incident to paying the last respects that the living can pay the dead. The deceased leaves a husband, one daughter, Mrs. Everhart, of Monroe, two brothers, John Parr of this city, and Jap Parr of Logan county, Ohio, and one half brother, William Baggs also of Ohio. Besides these there are many other relatives and Innumerable friends who mourn alike the death of this most estimable woman. — Uo The wedding of Dr. C. B. Wilcox, of St. Louis, Michigan, to Mrs. Ella Bell of this city, occurred Tuesday p. m. at about five o’clock, at the home of the brides’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sprang, corner of Sixth and Madison streets. A wedding dinner was served and Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox and the latter’s daughter, Miss Mfrrgares, left at 11:48 that evening over the G. R. & I. for St Louis, Michigan, where they will reside. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Hollenbeck, of St. Louis, who arrived with Dr. Wilcox at 1:11 that afternoon. The only guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Sprang, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Vail and children, Grandma Vail, Mrs. Gdorge Roop and the little Misses Nola Snyder and Doris De Voss. As stated Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox will reside at St Lpuls, Mich., where Mr. Wilcox is engaged in the newspaper business.

Washington, June 22.—Overwhelmed and obsoured by the tariff fight, another contest is going on in Washington which is certain to develop great national interest about the time congress meets in regular session next December. That is a contest for votes to pass the ship subsidy bill Agents for the promoters of the plan to foster the merchant marine by governmental appropriations are in Washington. They have been playing a not insignificant part behind tbe scenes of tariff legislation. At the head of this band of industrious workers Is Winthrop L. Marvin of Boston, who is pretty widely known in manufacturing and financial circles. There is substantial reason for tbe belief that shipping legislation and legislation are closely correlated and that influences are at work shaping certain tariff schedules with a view to securing support for the shipping bill next winter. On the opening day of the regular session next December bills of an identical character for the upbuilding of the merchant marine will be introduced simultaneously in the house and senate. Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire will father the senate bill. It has not yet been disclosed who will appear sponsor for the measure to be introduced in the house, though it is believed that role will be assumed by Representative Greene of Massachu- 1 setts, or Representative Gardner of New Jersey. *<l; — —o Thirty-four of the immediate relatives of the Patterson family were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Paterson on Second street Monday evening. The family reunion was held in honor of Mrs. Harding and son Ray, of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Frank Patterson and son Arthur of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Moses and children of Great Falls, Montana. It was the largest and most enjoyable gathering the members of this family, have ever held, the evening passing quickly with vocal and Instrumental music and various other pleasing features. (Light refreshmenst were served and'at a very late hour the guests Separated each wishing that a “Patterson family reunion’' might be an annual occurrence. Those who enjoyed the affair were Mr. and Mrs. George W. Patterson and children, Mrs. Nettie Schrock, Robert Patterson,. Mt. and Mrs. Charles MeyerA, Mrs. Fred Bell, Mrs. J. 8. Coverdale, Misses Nellie and Bess Schrock, Marie Patterson, Dr. E. G. Coverdale, Will Schrock, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson, Mrs. Julia Moses and Miss Nettie Moses, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Quinn and daughter Reba.

John Harmon, who since retiring from the saloon business, has been conducting a soft drink parlor and pool room on north Second’street,was arrested Tuesday afternoon, on an affidavit charging him with conducting a gambling room. It is alleged that he has been allowing boys under age to congregate there and play bards. He has employed Attorneys Peterson & Moran, and his case was set for trial on- Wednesday Os next week, at nine o’clock a. m., before Squire James H. Stone. .jo —„• Geneva, Ind., June 22.—At the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Pontius, three and one-half miles southwest of here, in Hartford township, at 5:30 Saturday evening occurred the marriage of their daughter, Miss Hazel to Mr. William Eicher. It was a beautiful ceremony, performed by the Rev. Luther Addington, of Ridgeville, Indiana, In the presence of a large number of friends. Miss Leia Randolph, of Rockford, Ohio, is the guest of Miss Olive Wheeler of south Line street. Dan P. Bolds, a former resident here and ex-treasurer of Adams county, is here visiting with his aged father, who has been in poor health for some months past Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fristoe, have returned from Decatur, where they were the guests of relatives and friends over Sunday. They formerly lived in that city. * S. S. Acker and family left here Sunday for Clear Lake, Indiana,where they will hunt the cool spots, having rented a cottage for the summer. The K. of P. Memorial services were held at the Methodist church here last Sunday and were attended by a large number of the members and their friends. Rev. C. J. Graves the pastor, delivered an- eloquent and able address, most appropriate to the occasion. His sermon was along the line that what we do is always done, and that each and every person must in away write his own history. He compared the works of today with that of the Biblical time and said he believed the history of the K. of P. was one would live. Misses Boyd and Roe, of Pleasant Mills, who were here over Sunday as delegates to the quarterly conference held at Apple Grove church, returned home yesterday. Ernst and Arthur Addington, of Jacksonville, Florida, arrived here Saturday for a several weeks* visit with their sister-in-law, Mrs. Willfam Wells.

Tbe Fourth draws nearer each day and the boys continue in a busy way to prepare for the biggest celebration that ever occurred in old Adams county. Boys, if you want to enjoy a big day bring your girl or your sister or your parents or anybody and come to Geneva on Saturday, July 3rd. ' ' -1..—.1 .». ■ lliwi I—II. Washington, Jun? 22.—The attitude of many of the senators who will support a tax on the net earnings of corporations is indicated by the following observation which they are making: “We do not like .the tax, but we have got to have the mcmey. It seems preferable to a stamp tax, an income tax, dr an inheritance tax.” Senator Aldrich was not ready to present his amendment providing for the tax today. 'A half dozen amendments have been prepared, but every one of them has failed to get by the lawyers of the administration. One outcome of a visit of the Republican members of the senate finance committee aid Senator Root to the white house last night is a determination so to frame the amendment, if possible, as to exempt the smaller corporations. Just how to accomplish this end is one of the problems. The suggestion has been made that the tax be limited to corporations whose net receipts are in excess of $5,000 annually, but the legal lights are not certain that such a provision would stand the test of the courts. Aldrich estimates that a 2 per cent, tax would bring in $40,000,000 a ysar. 22.—Henry Riesenberg, of Indianapolis, armed with letters from Governor Marshall, Mayor Bookwaiter, the Manufacturers’ association, the Commercial Club and the Merchants’ association, called on President Taft today and invited him to flslt Indianapolis some time in October. Governor Marshall in his note to the president, said: "It affords me Very great pleasure to present to you the bearer of this letter, Mr. Henry Riesenberg, of the city of Indianapolis. Mr. Riesenberg is a public-spirited citizen who is deeply interested in the if -s: e. . wk » >: -jV-’

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conservation of our natural resource He calls upon you to urge a visit you to our capital city. Let me a my written request to his personal 1 vltation.” Washington, June 21—Preside Taft decided to grant a hearing he to the various interest in the contr versy as to what is whisky, und the pure food law, and set 10: o’clock June 28th, as the time for < torneys of the various distillers present their argument in opposite to the recent ruling of Solicltor-Ge. eral Bowers. -< —o ' — | Judge J. T. Merryman will go Portland Saturday, where he will ei pannel a jury tb try the big win cat known as the Maynard case, which tried about two months ago and whi the jury disagreed. The previo trial required ten days* time and tl one will take as long it is expect* Saturday is the last day of the tei and-the trial will have to begin that day br go over until the fall ter It will therefore begin on that d and go over into vacation. The ar? about one hundred witnesses the case. WILL START A NEWSPAPER —rMaysvilie In Allen County Will 8o Be on the Map. James H. Keefer who has given C sian a good weekly paper for a nui her of years, is arranging to bran out in the newspaper easiness and 1 son Ver, who graduated this spri from the Ossian high school will I come a member of the firm. They t perfecting plans to Install a newspai plant at Maysville, Allen county, t old home of Mr. Keefer, and his s< Ver, will be placed in charge as edit and general manager of the new I per. He has grown up, to a certi extent, in his father's newspaper flee, and has a complete practit knowledge of the business. He wai to have his new paper at Maysville circulation by early fall.—Bluffit News. FROM HOWE TO; FORT WAYN Five Young Men fried to Eqt Weston. Five young Westons set out fr< Howe Military academy at Howe, In on last Saturday morning at 11 o’clo and for the mere sport of a good 10 tramp, started on a walking journ to this city. The boys spent Sati day evening at Rome City and i rived here Sunday night at 8 o’clo< having covered a distance of flfty-t' miles. Herbert Hanna, of this cl was a member of the party and t four other boys, were R. Young, H. Milliar, L. D. McKilvey and J. Freeman. Three are seniors at t school there and two are junioi While very tired upon arriving he the youths assert that the experlen was one of the best In their lives Fort Wayne Sentinel. ——O .. ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY A New York Girl Brutally Murder —A Mystery. New York, June 22.—After a bit police flurry, an hour or two of unvt isled and telephoning betwe cities, the murder of Elsie Sig daughter of Paul Sigel, of this ci and granddaughter of Major Genei Franz Sigel, of civil war fame, i solved itself into unsolved crli again tonight. Chung Sin, who f< merly occupied a room adjoining tl where the girl’s body was found, held by the police at the little u state city of Amsterdam, N. Y., b what has been learned from him; h served to clear up the case little, any.. At Schenectady the Chinam arrested today, at first thought to Leon Ling, or William L. Leon, w is sought as the girl’s murderer, hi according 'to all indications, pret well established that he is an un< fending celestial, who formerly wor ed in a restaurant in New York, a whose arrest was brought abo merely' through a striking resemblan to Leon Ling. _ _ ; .o ■ . ■

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